Girls' name · since 2006
Faelyn
Faelyn has 219 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,872 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,067 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 219
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Faelyn is the #7067 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 219 recorded since 2006.
Social Security Administration records show Faelyn recorded 219 times among girls since 2006, holding rank #7067 nationally today, ahead of 59% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #18,872 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,067 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 219 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Faelyn ranks #18,872 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,067 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 219 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,872 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,067 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 219
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Faelyn's 219 recorded births place it above 73.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Faelyn compares
219 39th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Faelyn's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Faelyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 219 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Faelyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Faelyn splits its recorded history at 2016: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2013 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Faelyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Faelyn by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (115 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Faelyn's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Faelyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 23
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
115 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 115 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Faelyn's data
- Faelyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (115 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Faelyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Faelyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.